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to think the lollipop lady shoildn't tell my son that he shouldn't ride his bike standing up?

137 replies

adamadamum · 01/10/2010 23:16

My son is six,and after having a bike for a while, I am letting him ride it to school (on the pavement, very carefully, with a helmet, and he has great manners anyway so no bumping into people!)

Anyway, after seeing Mighty Mites on CBeebies, he has learnt a new skill, to ride standing up, all part of BMX training stuff. (And I will happy to get him a BMX bike in the future, finances/circumstances permitting)

Yesterday, coming out of school my son was upset. He said the lollipop lady had said to him that he shouldn't ride his bike standing up - a skill he had learnt on Cbeebies! When he does this, it's only for thirty seconds or so! We were a few yards up the road when he explained why he was upset, so I suggested we return and politely explain why he was upset, for HIS closure...so we went back and very politely got the lollipop lady's attention. My son said he was upset, I told her that i had given my son permission to ride standing up

OP posts:
TechLovingDad · 02/10/2010 13:47

OP is either roller blading, skate boarding or possibly para gliding, while her son rides his bike. Unless she runs along holding a big net to catch him.

pagwatch · 02/10/2010 13:52

OP isn't there. Large Dobernman is escorting Ops son, attatched by razor wire lead

pagwatch · 02/10/2010 13:53

And Ops son isn't fully attending. He is reading Chicken Soup for the Soul or the latest Maya Angelou

violethill · 02/10/2010 13:54

And OP's son has rocket launchers mounted on his bike to gun down any pedestrians who dare to get in his way.

pagwatch · 02/10/2010 13:56

That lollipop lady is facing a shit storm come monday...

TwasEverThus · 02/10/2010 14:00

'did the lollipop lady get closure too??

by ramming her lollipop up your sanctimonious arse'

Thread prize to ggirl! Grin Grin Grin

agedknees · 02/10/2010 14:04

YABU. I imagine a lollipop persons job is stressful enough without a parent coming back and taking their attention away from the road and other pedestrians.

I think you owe the lollipop lady an apology and a bunch of flowers.

TechLovingDad · 02/10/2010 14:07

I hope lollipop lady said "can you both get out of the road, you're holding up the traffic".

TechLovingDad · 02/10/2010 14:09

pag, there is nothing that can't be made better by a James Bond stereotype. Or bacon.

Maybe the son has his uniform on under a wetsuit, so he can ride his jetski to school. Or a submarine and pop out of the sewers.

tyler80 · 02/10/2010 14:13

Sometimes I ride my bike standing up, it's useful for getting a fast start from traffic lights, it's not like it's some trick manoeuvre. I can only assume those saying you're less in control/more likely to fall off haven't really ridden bikes much.

Meglet · 02/10/2010 14:13

yabu. He shouldn't do it near a road and not near a busy school. She was quite right to tell him off.

I used to do stupid things like that when I was playing with my friends but would have expected any adult to tell me off for it.

Goblinchild · 02/10/2010 14:13

'I've never walked to a school where lots of kids are cycling along the pavements but it must be a pain in the arse, no?'

The trick is to take off your back pack and swing it casually in one hand. Mummy then spots the danger and calls to poppet to be careful and slow down.
Or they run into the back pack and fall off.
Either way works for me.

Goblinchild · 02/10/2010 14:15

' I can only assume those saying you're less in control/more likely to fall off haven't really ridden bikes much.'

No Tyler, we've seen a lot of infants riding bikes is all.

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 02/10/2010 14:15

:o Pagwatch at "Our Lady of WankyCliche"

Poor lollipop lady, mind you she'll probably be telling the story for days to come.

Wonder if the OP goes into school to get closure for her DS after he was cruelly asked to sit down in class, when his mum had said that he could run around screaming.

Sorry OP, but your little DS has to learn to listen to people who are telling him what to do for his own safety.

TechLovingDad · 02/10/2010 14:16

pag, are you pondering Daniel Craig IN a bacon buttie?

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 02/10/2010 14:17

ROFL at "learnt it on cbeebies". My DP has learnt that a magical blue hoover will clean up after you, would it be heartless to correct him?

cory · 02/10/2010 14:22

tyler80 Sat 02-Oct-10 14:13:07
"Sometimes I ride my bike standing up, it's useful for getting a fast start from traffic lights"

and this makes it desirable when riding on the pavement next to a school at school run time? Hmm

Mowiol · 02/10/2010 14:22

I notice the OP hasn't put her head back over the parapet!!

"Closure" - what utter nonsense. How dare you berate a lollipop lady for being sensible and responsible.

We used to have a lollipop lady when my two were little who was legendary for her no-nonsense approach with anyone who endangered others Grin

Nobody messed with her.

Wallace · 02/10/2010 14:27

I'm confused...

By standing up on his bike do you mean standing up on the pedals which is a normal part of cycling, or standing on his cross bar, which probably shouldn't be encouraged across the road.

violethill · 02/10/2010 14:29

Perhaps he was standing on the crossbar as part of a human pyramid with his classmates? Grin

LadyBiscuit · 02/10/2010 14:30

Standing up on your pedals might be a normal part of cycling if you're competent but a six year old on a pavement doesn't generally fall into that category

TechLovingDad · 02/10/2010 14:33

Maybe it's a unicycle.

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 02/10/2010 14:37

ROFL TechLoving

I was wondering about a segway.

hocuspontas · 02/10/2010 14:39

Whether he was sitting or standing, she wouldn't have given him a second look if he had been in control of the bike imo.

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